After successful completion of the course, students are able to explain from a historical context...

• explain the concept of energy services,
• describe the development of fossil and renewable energy sources,
• to draw up energy balances and explain them,
• describe and model energy markets and energy policy instruments,
• carry out energy industry assessments,
• analyze energy systems and energy scenarios, and
• recognize the fundamental relationships in energy system modeling.

03.10.2024: Introduction; Energy services & energy chains (Haas)

10.10.2024: Historical development of energy systems (Haas), Homework 1

17.10.2024: Development of energy supply & demand indicators (Haas)

24.10.2024: Fossil fuels - resources, reserves, markets (Haas)

07.11.2024: Energy markets - basics (Haas), Homework 2

14.11.2024: Fundamentals of economic valuation methods (Fischer), Homework 3

21.11.2024: Resource economics, renewable energy & sustainability (Auer)

28.11.2024: Electricity market - basics, integration of renewable energy technologies (Auer/Loschan), Homework 4

05.12.2024: Electricity market - modelling, applications (Loschan)

12.12.2024: Externalities & energy policy instruments (Haas), Homework 5

09.01.2025: Development of energy scenarios (Auer)

16.01.2025: Outlook - Introduction to energy system modelling (Zwickl-Bernhard)

23.01.2025: Time slots for oral exam (Auer, Zwickl-Bernhard, Haas)

30.01.2025: Time slots for oral exam (Auer, Zwickl-Bernhard, Haas)

Presentation of the theoretical foundations

Interactive discussion with students

Discussion of practical case studies

Calculation of exercise examples during the course units

Use of interactive presentation/quiz software (e.g. Mentimeter, ...)

Written elaboration of homework (calculation examples (without/with use of software tools), thematic summaries, ...) between the course units

References to further literature and practical information/events

An overview presentation of all courses offered by EEG in the upcoming winter-term will take place on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at 11 a.m. at EI 9!

The overall grade (100% of the possible total points, i.e. without the bonus points described below) is composed of 3 parts:

- 20% of the total points can be obtained from the written assignments of the exercise examples and submissions at the end of each lecture. These written submissions at the end of a each lecture are carried out as group work (3 students per group).

- 30% of the total points can be obtained from the 5 written assignments of the homeworks (calculation examples, thematic summaries, etc.) that will be handed out during the semester (incl. a deadline for uploading the written homeworks to TUWEL). Comprehensive analyses of a calculation example of homework (e.g. in the form of a short source code development), which allows an extended answer to the question beyond the minimum, will be rewarded with additional bonus points. The written assignments of the homeworks are also carried out as group work (3 students per group).

- 50% of the total points can be obtained in the oral exam at the end of the semester. In the oral exam, which is conducted in several timeslots with a manageable number of students per timeslot, great emphasis is placed on the understanding of system interrelationships of the covered contents of this course. Thematically, in addition to the presented theoretical basics/fundamentals, all elaborated materials and discussions during the semester are relevant as a basis for the oral examination. Each student will receive 5 questions (each with a maximum of 10% points).

IMPORTANT:

HALF of the possible number of points must be obtained in EACH of the written assignments (exercise examples at the end of each lecture, homeworks) during the semester AND in the oral examination at the end of the semester in order to obtain a POSITIVE overall grade for this course. It is not sufficient to obtain more than 50% of the total possible points for this course, but fail to score at least half of the respective possible number of points in one of the three sub-areas.

Lecture notes for this course are available at TUWEL